Frank Francisco isn’t running from the truism that his first season with the Mets has been brutal.

“My season?” Francisco said, responding to a question about his overall performance. “Bad — not good.”

The combustible closer wasn’t needed last night in a 6-4 loss to the Nationals, but has been yanked from consecutive ninth-inning appearances in which he threatened to squander big leads.

The latest came on Thursday in Cincinnati, where he allowed three earned runs on four hits and a walk over two-thirds of an inning before Jon Rauch was summoned to get the final out in a game the Mets won 8-4.

Francisco’s ugly numbers this season include a 1-3 record with a 6.25 ERA and 40 hits allowed in 30 1/3 innings. Since returning from the disabled list on Aug. 2, he has allowed eight hits and six earned runs over 2 2/3 innings.

“He’s not locating anything,” pitching coach Dan Warthen said. “He’s behind in the count and then he comes down the middle. It’s nothing more than that. The arm strength is fine and the velocity is fine, he’s just not throwing the baseball across the plate at a good location.”

* Bring on the technology.

Manager Terry Collins had that reaction yesterday in response to a Yahoo! Sports report — confirmed by an industry source — that Citi Field will begin implementing new experimental radar and cameras next week that could next season help umpires with fair and foul calls. a second round of testing at Yankee Stadium will follow after the Citi Field tests.

As it currently stands, only home run calls are reviewable.

“For years and years, I wasn’t in favor of [replay],” Collins said. “I thought this was a game played by human beings who make mistakes. But now the technology is so good, it can happen so fast, you might as well use it.

“Get the calls right, because with what’s happening now, you’re seeing tough calls that can change the course of a pennant race, so you might as well get them right.”

Collins said he doubts adding more replay reviews would increase the length of games.

“It’s miniscule,” Collins said. “It would take a lot less time to look at a replay than go out and argue a call, so why not get it right?”

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Ruben Tejada went 1-for-5 to extend his road hitting streak to 16 games. David Wright’s 20-game road hitting streak is the longest by a Mets player this season.